Match-safe.



No.75a,215i I PATENTED APR.'26,1904.'

S. QUEB. MATCH SAFE. APPLIOATIOH rum) nu. 22, 1904.

H0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented April 26, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

SARAH QUEE, OF PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.

MATCH-SAFE,

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 758,215, dated- April26, 1904.

I Application filed January 22, 1904. fierial No, 190,225. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known-that I, SARAH QUEE, a citizen of the United States, residingat Pasadena, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Match-Safes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a receptacle pri-- the different burners thereofbe frequently lighted, and unless the receptacle which holds the matchesis very accessible to the burner many steps are taken in order to obtainthe matches necessary to light the burners. After the matches are burnedusually there is no convenient receptacle to put the burned matches in,and they are laid on the top of the range or thrown upon the floor, andineither case they form an objectionable feature when disposed of inthat manner. Again, there is no convenient place on which to strike thematch to light it. Frequently the top of the range is used,and if thesame should be greasy, as frequently happens in cooking, the match willnot light thereon, but will be destroyed. WVith my improved match-safe,which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, these difficultiesare avoided. v

In the drawings, Figure 1 is aperspective View of a fragment of a top ofa gas-range with my improved match-safe attached thereto. Fig. 2 is aperspective View of a matchsafe detached from the range.

In the drawings, A is the top of a gas-range, and B is my improvedmatch-safe secured thereon. partment B, which is designed to hold'theunburned matches, and the larger compartment B, designed for holding theburned matches. Near the center of the top of the larger com- This safeconsists of a small com-- partment is secured an arm C, the top of whichis roughened, as shown at C, to form a surface upon which the matchesmay be scratched to light them. This arm is turned at right angles tothe main body thereof-to pass through the apertures A of the gas-stoveand is provided with side pieces C, which may be either rigidly orpivotally secured thereto. These side pieces are designed to projectunderneath the top of the range to prevent the accidental displacementof the match-safe therefrom. Where the apertures in the top of the rangeare sufliciently large to permit of rigid side pieces being used, Iprefer to make the side pieces rigid; but where the apertures are small,as sometimes happens, the side pieces must be pivotally connected to thearm, so that they may be folded together to pass intothe aperture andthen spread out. As the receptacle for the burned matches isintermediate the range and the receptacle for the unburned matches,there is no danger of the unburned matches catching fire.

These match-safes are preferably constructed of metal, tin beingpreferred. By this construction a cheap, efiicient, and convenientreceptacle is provided for holding both the burned and unburned matchesand providing a convenient means to light the match.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is v 1. A match-safe divided into two compartments;an arm secured to one of said compartments, said arm having the exposedportion thereof roughened and having side pieces secured upon the endthereof.

2. .A match-safe divided into two compartments; an arm secured toone ofsaid compartments, said arm having means for detachably securing saidsafe to a gas-range, said arm also having an igniting-surface upon whicha match may be caused to ignite.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my namethis 15th day of January, 1904. SARAH QUEE.

Witnesses:

ELIZABETH J. NIEHEL, LEONTENA ECHOREN.

